AMD Radeon Pro 560 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Polaris 21 | GM107 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 21 XT (215-0908004) | N16P-GX-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Maxwell |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 1,870 million |
| Die size | 123 mm² | 148 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Apr 18th, 2017 | Mar 13th, 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon Pro Mac (500 Series) | GeForce 900A |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 800A |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 907 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1270 MHz 5.1 Gbps effective | 1253 MHz 5 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1029 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1085 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 81.28 GB/s | 80.19 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 1024 | 640 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 64 | 40 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Compute units | 16 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | 1024 KB | 2 MB |
| SMM count | — | 5 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 14.51 GPixel/s | 17.36 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 58.05 GTexel/s | 43.40 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 1.858 TFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1.858 TFLOPS | 1,389 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 116.1 GFLOPS (1:16) | 43.40 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | IGP | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 75 W | 75 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 5.0 |
